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Harkin: Food-Fuel Debate Presents False Choice

By Douglas Burns 5/9/08

U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, has weighed in on the debate swirling around the economic and moral aspects of using commodities such as corn for fuel when food prices are skyrocketing and millions of people are starving or “food insecure.”

COMMENTARY: Sen. Grassley, Hunger Is No ‘Joke’

By Adam Burke 4/16/08

Until they dry out, Iowa cornfields are just so much moist dirt. At harvest time they will yield a certain amount of food, but about 20 percent of U.S. corn is used to make ethanol.

The biofuel boom, along with drought and other factors, has created a worldwide food problem.

Several countries have recently seen bloodshed, unrest [...]

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